Passenger train services begin: 200 trains to ferry 1.45 lakh people todayAs many as 1.45 lakh passengers will be travelling in 200 special trains today, June 1, according to the Ministry of Railways. The ministry revealed around 26 lakh passengers have booked for Advance Reservation Period (ARP) from June 1 to June 30. From today onwards, Duronto, Sampark Kranti, Jan Shatabdi, and Poorva Express will reinstate services after 68 days. Coronavirus effect: Hotels may have to wa...

The real time market is an endeavour by the regulator, CERC, to make the power market dynamic by enabling trade in electricity through half-hourly auctions, Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) said in a regulatory filing

LPG cylinder rates increased: The selling price of LPG in Delhi market for the month of May 2020 was reduced from Rs 744 to Rs 581.50 per cylinder for all consumers in line with drop in international prices, stated Indian Oil

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC twins were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma was the sole laggard

Raising women's participation in the Indian labour force to that of men can boost India's GDP by 27 per cent according to a joint paper by then IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg

The other key parameter ADR (average daily rate) has come down sharply as well. For instance, the average room rate for a branded hotel in April was Rs 4,113 per night, which was 27 per cent lower than the ADR in the same month last year

Lockdown that began in last seven days of March is expected to have taken a toll on economic growth; economy is likely to have entered a recessionary phase with some agencies even estimating a contraction of over 5 per cent in FY21

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained the lockdown ordered on March 25 to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the world's second most populous country, though many restrictions were eased for manufacturing, transport and other services from May 18

Businesses will have to focus on how they review their competencies in the light of new business realities, the kind of changes they need to bring into their business processes, and evaluating the elements that will guide the preparations for a turnaround